South Australian Numbered Acts

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (OFFENCES RELATING TO INSTRUCTIONS) AMENDMENT ACT 2011 (NO 25 OF 2011) - SECT 7

7—Insertion of section 33GB

After section 33GA insert:

33GB—Sale of instructions to a child

        (1)         A person who, without reasonable excuse (proof of which lies on the person)—

            (a)         sells to a child a document containing instructions for the manufacture of a controlled drug or the cultivation of a controlled plant; or

            (b)         has possession of a document containing instructions for the manufacture of a controlled drug or the cultivation of a controlled plant, intending to sell it to a child,

is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $20 000 or imprisonment for 3 years, or both.

        (2)         In this section—

"document" includes any record of information whether in documentary, magnetic, electronic or other form.